Paul Walker 1934-1959

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Lotz, Jim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1959
• Subjects: Ablation; Accumulation; Effects of climate on ice; Effects of temperature on plants; Glaciers; Glacier variations; Glaciology; Meteorology; Microclimatology; Operation Hazen; 1957-1958; Plant collections; Plant distribution; Plant ecology; Plant growth; Research personnel; Seeds; Snowfall; Snowmelt; Solar radiation; Temporal variations; Transportation; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Gilman Glacier; Hazen; Lake; region; Antarctic; Arctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Greenland; Hunt Island; Red Rock; Rock Lake; The Antarctic; Walker Hill; Ward Hunt Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; glaciers; Ice Shelf; The Arctic Institute; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66779

Paul Walker was a research scientist who had worked for the Arctic Institute in the Arctic and the Antarctic. He was born in California and graduated from Occidental College, Los Angeles in 1956, majoring in geology. He had visited Alaska and already spent one summer in Greenland before graduating....